I'm a newbie!

I am a new member of the food preservation group, hoping that i might be able to learn about doing some pickling, preserves, jams, dehydrating, etc. does anyone here know where i am able to get those old mason jars. my mom used to have a number of them, and i know that is a type of jar i can use for many of these food ideas. any tips would be great since i am literally an idiot about this stuff. thanks.

Really I've found just about any cucumber can be pickled, just not always whole. Pick them younger than normal if a larger variety and either make them into chips or 1/4 them into spears. Really long ones like english cucumbers can make almost a pint jar full from each fruit if you spear them, which yields 8-12 spears from each fruit. Just an idea in case yours are a little big. I also find zucchini to pickle well for something a little different than standard cucumber pickles.

the ones that i bought definitely looked smaller, and the reason i bought the ones i did was because the picture showed them with bumps on their skin...thanks for the link, and i'll look up the variety i bought to see if it's the right one. told you, i'm a newbie :)